The Bordeaux prosecutor’s office (southwest of France) announced Thursday the reopening of an investigation “on possible acts of voluntary violence” committed by singer Bertrand Cantat before the death of his ex-wife Krisztina Rady, found hanging at home on January 10, 2010.
This reopening is notably motivated by the viewing of Netflix’s documentary on the singer of Noir Désir condemned in 2003 for the murder of Marie Trintignant, said in a press release the public prosecutor of Bordeaux, Renaud Gaudeul, confirming information from RTL radio. This three episodes film, broadcast from March 27, 2025, contains “several affirmations and testimonies not appearing” in the four procedures already opened on the circumstances of the death of Mrs. Rady, all classified without follow -up, adds the magistrate.
In addition to the research file of the causes of death open following his death at the marital home in Bordeaux, “three other subsequent procedures” had been opened in 2013, 2014 and 2018, he recalls. The last two in date had been opened following complaints from the president of the women’s and free association, Yael Mellul, former lawyer for the last companion of Krisztina Rady.
“Relled”
Joined, she said herself “very relieved” of the “radical change of position of the Bordeaux prosecutor’s office” on what she describes “a forced suicide affair”.
According to her, the anonymous testimony of a nurse in the Netflix documentary is a “new element” which “corroborates the fact that Krisztina Rady was the victim of domestic violence”. She also added having “new testimonies to transmit to the Bordeaux prosecutor’s office”, without specifying its nature.
Bertrand Cantat’s lawyer, Me Antonin Lévy, said he was not aware of the reopening of an investigation into this file.
